What my 3 year old says when the gears in his head are spinning. So this is a place for me to "spin my gears" (post my thoughts)... OK, fast forward 3 years because my 3 year old is now six years old. I will keep the title the same, though, in honor of his having been three years old once!

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Elder Thaddeus, Lenten Reading, and Clean Week Menu...

As soon as we conceive a thought that is not founded on love, we have accepted the evil suggestions of the demons. By accepting a negative thought, we accept the devil himself. The demons are invisible, but we lend them our bodies so that they become visible.
~Elder Thaddeus of Serbia(Sylvia posted this on a Facebook page called My Notebook: Orthodox Treasures - I am not certain what this link will do as it is posted to a Facebook group- so it may or may not work, FYI)

I will post new recipes for Lent. But this week being clean week, we keep it real simple. HummusBig pot of Basic Lentil Soup
Plain Brown Rice- "plain" means water and rice and salt only (no butter or olive oil)
Veggies
FruitNew GF Bread Recipe (which we all like and Big P was able to take a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich to school today which he hasn't done in MONTHS!!!- is it considered fasting when you are this excited about PB&J?) I also must add that this is the BEST homemade GF bread I have ever made which is super exciting. It is an involved recipe so I can see mysel maybe making this once a week and maybe making two loaves at a time (slice one and put in freezer for toasting maybe?). We shall see.

I don't know if I have given you enough links in this post:) Enjoy!!! And I will be posting more recipes next week as our menu begins to change (and, hopefully, I will be posting new recipes next week). May your Lenten journey be blessed!

I should clarify- because we are gluten free we are allowed to use dairy in baking (like bread- not doughnuts or something like that:) And esp. since this was the first time that I made this particular bread recipe- i'm not ready to start playing around with it. Also, this bread is mostly for Big P because it is either the bread for PB&J or make homemade GF mac and cheese for his lunches. I figure the PB&J is more lenten than the mac and cheese!katie... paul has to finish the book, then it's my turn and then you can borrow it if you like:)